What is the Natural Bridge?

A rock arch where a waterfall pours through a cave roof

Springbrook National Park Quiz: Natural Bridge and Glowworms

This Springbrook National Park quiz explores the rainforest plateau behind Queensland's Gold Coast. Play 10 interactive questions on the Natural Bridge and its waterfall through a cave roof, glowworms that are really fly larvae, the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area, Purling Brook Falls, Best of All Lookout, Antarctic beech trees and the ancient Tweed Volcano.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

State
Which state is Springbrook National Park in?
Bridge
What is the Natural Bridge?
Glow
What glows in the Natural Bridge cave at night?
Larvae
What are the glowworms really?
Heritage
Which World Heritage area includes the park?
Falls
Which waterfall drops off the plateau's edge?
Lookout
Which lookout has a name boasting the best view?
Trees
Which ancient trees grow near that lookout?
Volcano
Which ancient volcano's rim formed the plateau?
Rain
What is Springbrook known for in weather?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which state is Springbrook National Park in?
Answer: Queensland
It is behind the Gold Coast.
Q2: What is the Natural Bridge?
Answer: A rock arch where a waterfall pours through a cave roof
Cave Creek carved it.
Q3: What glows in the Natural Bridge cave at night?
Answer: Glowworms
They hang from the ceiling.
Q4: What are the glowworms really?
Answer: Larvae of fungus gnats
They glow to lure insects.
Q5: Which World Heritage area includes the park?
Answer: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Its forests have ancient roots.
Q6: Which waterfall drops off the plateau's edge?
Answer: Purling Brook Falls
A track circles beneath it.
Q7: Which lookout has a name boasting the best view?
Answer: Best of All Lookout
It looks over New South Wales.
Q8: Which ancient trees grow near that lookout?
Answer: Antarctic beech
Some are thousands of years old.
Q9: Which ancient volcano's rim formed the plateau?
Answer: Tweed Volcano
Wollumbin is its central plug.
Q10: What is Springbrook known for in weather?
Answer: Very high rainfall
It is one of Queensland's wettest places.

Glowworms, Waterfalls and Ancient Beech Forests

Springbrook National Park sits on a rainforest plateau in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland. The plateau is part of the rim of the ancient Tweed Volcano, whose central plug, Wollumbin, rises to the south. It is one of the wettest places in the region, feeding many waterfalls.

At the Natural Bridge, Cave Creek pours through a hole in the roof of a cave. After dark, the cave ceiling twinkles with glowworms, which are actually the larvae of fungus gnats glowing to lure insects into sticky threads. Visitors use red light or none at all to protect them.

The park is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area. Purling Brook Falls drops off the plateau's edge, and at Best of All Lookout, gnarled Antarctic beech trees, some thousands of years old, frame views over New South Wales.

What This Quiz Teaches

Nature fans will enjoy these questions.

How the plateau formed
What the Natural Bridge is
What glowworms really are
Which waterfalls to see
Which ancient trees grow there

Did You Know?

Flash photography and torches can harm glowworms.
The park has several separate sections.
Twin Falls has a walk behind the water.
Pademelons hop through the forest.
Mist often wraps the plateau.